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CR 97-114 Liquor License - Hopkin's Liquor Store June 12, 1997 Council Report 97-114 LIQUOR LICENSE FOR HOPKINS LIQUORS Pro Dosed Action Staff recommends approval of the following motion: Move to approve with conditions the off-sale liauor license aDPlication for Trvona La. an individual. doinQ business as Hopkins liquors. located at 712 - 11th Avenue South alona with an application to sell ciaarettes not bv machine. Adoption of this motion will grant license for Tryong La to operate an off-sale liquor store at 712 - 11th Avenue South. This is the present site of the Hopkins Liquors. Overview Mr. La has applied for an off-sale license for Hopkins Liquors, located at 712 - 11th Avenue South. He is in the process of purchasing the business from its present owner. Mr. La has submitted a certificate of insurance for liquor liability. The Hopkins Police Department has investigated the applicant and has found no reason to deny the license, however, they have not received information from Hawaii and at this point are giving tentative approval. Primarv Issues to Consider . Routine license application - this will not create a new license . Instruments not included in the application . Police Department Approval SUDDortinQ Documents . A copy of memorandum from Captain Liddy . The complete license application is avaHable at the City Clerk's office City Council Report 97-114 Page 2 Primarv Issues to Consider . Instruments not included with the application The application requires that a copy of the sales agreement and a drawing of the premises be attached. Mr. La is in the process of purchasing the business and does not have the sales agreement at this time. The sale of the business will be contingent upon his being granted a license from the City of Hopkins. The drawing is superfluous if the license is not granted. Staff recommends that the agreement and drawing be submitted before the license is issued. . Police Department approval Captain Liddy's memo explains why the information has not come from Hawaii. At this time there is no reason for the City to deny the license. Staff recommends that license be granted at this time, so that Mr. La can continue with his purchase, contingent on the information that comes from Hawaii continues to support the issuance of a license. Alternatives 1 . Grant the license with conditions that the additional information is submitted and that the full report is received from Hawaii and there continues to be no reason to deny. 2. Grant the license with no conditions 3. Continue the application until July 1, 1997 4. Do not grant the license Staff recommends alternative number one. I POLICE qEPARTMENT I Memorandum To: Copy: From: Date: Subject: Terry Obermaier Jim Liddy 6/12/97 Hopkins Liquors - License Application Attached is the liquor license application of Truong La for the purchase of Hopkins Liquors. As of this date, the police department can give approval based upon information received so far. obtained records from the state of Minnesota and uncovered no information which would disqualify obtaining a Hopkins liquor license. a tentative We have the FBI and Mr. La from We are, however, still waiting for records checks from the State of Hawaii, Mr. La's prior home state. Hawaii does these records checks manually and I would anticipate that it will be another 5-7 days before we get information from them on whether Mr. La does or does not have any prior criminal history in their state which would disqualify him in Minnesota.